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Chapter 16
Bigfoot Encounter
Our patrols, operations and sweeps continued thru the late stages of Summer and into the Monsoon season. I had an ‘unusual’ experience on one of our long range patrols into the extended TAOR. We were moving up into the mountains from the lowlands and were traversing a dry stream bed—it was rocky but clear of the thick, heavy underbrush we had been experiencing—we had been steadily climbing for a while so I held up the platoon, formed a secure perimeter and called a non smoking break ( VC could smell cigarette smoke for great
distances ). I wanted to check out the immediate area up ahead in the direction we were headed. I moved up the stream bed carefully watching the surrounding terrain. I rounded a bend in the stream bed—out of sight of my platoon — decided I had better not go any further—I was about to turn around and head back when I heard strange noises coming from up ahead—I couldn’t see beyond
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